<p>Okay this link gives the requirements: General</a> Education Requirements</p>
<p>but I'm still really confused as to how many classes in each section you have to take. For instance, how many total required classes are there? And can you take a humanities class instead of math/science?</p>
<p>OK, If I’m not mistaken, here’s how many we’re supposed to take:</p>
<p>IHUM - (friends have told me this is sooooo boring) 1 course</p>
<p>Disciplinary Breadth - 5 courses, one in each subject area (areas are Engineering and Applied Sciences, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and the Social Sciences)</p>
<p>Education for Citizenship - 2 courses in different subject area (areas are Ethical Reasoning, Global Community, American Cultures, and Gender Studies)</p>
<p>So 8 courses total</p>
<p>hey, how about telling me more about the required IB score to be considered for admission? i mean, a score that the admission officers would consider adequate man…</p>
<p>Thank you and how do you find out which specific courses fulfill each type of requirement?</p>
<p>Firstly, we must take IHUM all 3 quarters of freshman year so that is 3 classes. There is also a PWR requirement what is 2 courses; one freshman year and one sophomore year. So that brings our total to 12 required classes.</p>
<p>In the bulletin and on axess the GERs a course fulfills are listed below the course. To find courses that fulfill certain GERs, if you are a student log into courserank.stanford.edu and go to the GER search.</p>
<p>Don’t use Axess. [Stanford</a> Courses](<a href=“http://www.stanfordcourses.com%5DStanford”>http://www.stanfordcourses.com) is a lot better, and that’s what most current students use to find courses. If you click on “more options”, you can have it find courses fulfilling certain GER’s.</p>
<p>And yes, there are in theory 12 total required classes (3 quarters of IHUM, 2 of PWR, 5 subject areas, and two EC’s), plus the language requirement. But you’re almost certain to hit at least one if not two or three of the subject areas with courses required for your major. And there are quite a few good courses that satisfy both a subject area and an EC, so you’ll probably be taking fewer than 12 courses for GER’s.</p>
<p>Thanks. I’m having trouble with the website, but do you have to take labs? I hated Princeton’s 2 lab requirement. It helps that at least with these requirements you have grade inflation but still Penn really doesn’t have any serious math/science requirements. Everything is for practicality. What do people take when they aren’t math/science people?</p>
<p>Also, how does the quarter system work? Does it mean you just get 4 grades/year instead of 2? If so, does that make it more stressful?</p>
<p>Nope, no lab requirement, and there are plenty of ways to fulfill the math and science GER’s without it. For the natural science GER, a lot of “fuzzies” (opposite of “techies”) used to take Sleep and Dreams, but that no longer satisfies it. I’m not sure what other courses are good for it, although it looks like there are a lot of introductory seminars that fulfill it; those are usually a good bet. For the applied science one, CS105 or 106 and ME101 are good bets–they can be hard, but they’re very practical. There’s really no way around the math one.</p>
<p>As to the quarter system, it means that we have three “periods” during the year instead of two. (Summer counts as one of the quarters.) You take a different set of classes each quarter and get different grades each quarter. No, I wouldn’t say it makes things more stressful, except that you have three sets of finals each year.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your comment. So, does the quarter system mean that you have a break in between each third to breathe? </p>
<p>If so, when is your winter break? (Since I’m from the East Coast, I’m wondering how many times a year I could fly home). On average, do you take 12 class/year? </p>
<p>Is it true about grade INFLATION? If so, how does it work?</p>
<p>Yep, you get a nice break in between quarters. You can find the academic calendar, which will have the start/end dates for winter break, at the link below. It’s three weeks long, beginning in mid-December and running until early January. You’ll be able to fly home at Thanksgiving (we get a full week off), Christmas, and spring break. It’s also possible to fly home for a weekend, but only worthwhile for a special event like a wedding.</p>
<p>Here’s the link: <a href=“http://registrar.stanford.edu/academic_calendar/[/url]”>http://registrar.stanford.edu/academic_calendar/</a></p>
<p>With the quarter system, 12 classes a year sounds about right. 3 classes in a quarter is a light load, 4 is pretty normal, 5 is a very heavy load. Of course, this varies quite a bit based on what the classes are; that’s something you’ll start to figure out when you get to campus and think about your schedule.</p>
<p>Hey is math ii sat compulsary if your considering chemical engineering at stanford?</p>
<p>No, nor is any SAT II. You can find complete information on that here:
[Testing</a> Requirements : Stanford University](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/freshman/testing.html]Testing”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/freshman/testing.html)</p>
<p>I have a bit of a dilemma. I’ve looked through tons of classes and I really like the looks of some of the more upper level oriented classes, as in 100s and 200s. I heard that freshmen can take pretty much anything as long as their are no prerequisites, but is it advisable for freshmen/sophomores to even take these classes? Wondering about work load and quality of work…</p>
<p>Really depends a lot on the class and department. Also, keep in mind the numbering system is different from department to department. For example, CS106A is the basic programming course and is completely appropriate for a freshman. 100-level physics courses, however, are not accessible to most frosh (though I know at least one exception).</p>
<p>Which courses are you looking at?</p>
<p>^ Thanks for the info! I’m looking at mainly social science courses, such as POLISCI and HISTORY 100s. For the engineering and natural science DRs I was hoping to take Managing Sustainable Building Projects and Decision Making.</p>
<p>Are these all of the requirments?
[Office</a> of the University Registrar](<a href=“http://stanford.edu/dept/registrar/students/courses/GER_1092.htm#Math]Office”>http://stanford.edu/dept/registrar/students/courses/GER_1092.htm#Math)</p>
<p>How many do you have to do for each category/section?</p>